Hi everybody,

I'm new to this Forum, but not new to mental illness... I've been diagnosed with Borderline PD, depression and bipolar II. For those of you who work in retail or sales of any kind how do you deal with a bad sale. For example, I'm a photographer and on Tuesday I did a sale over $1700 Australian, the couple promises to pay the full amount from their computer at home via direct deposit, and then cancel their order in full via Facebook the next day.

I know **** happens and this is only an example. I know about statistics and that some zero sales have to happen to have the awesome high sales that come along as well.

Still, I take it personally. To me it means I've driven 2 hours minimum to do the photo shoot and sale (which by themselves take at least three hours), and not get a single cent for my time and travel. During the shoots I give everything and I sweat extra because of my high dose of antidepressants, which is demeaning to say the least.

Do others out here feel similarly? Why does it seem like such a personal thing when someone cancels their order for financial reasons?! "Normal" people seem to just take it in their strives that this happens, but for me it just brings me down so much, including terribly intense crying etc....

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